[durasell]

No, no, no. Education has to be a national priority, particularly science and technical education. Enough of the bitching and moaning about failing schools and unions and whether a kid gets to say prayers in class. It's all fiddling while Rome burns. (let the flaming begin).

We have to make education a national movement. And we have to do it the way we've done everything -- just jump into it, make a lot of mistakes and then, finally, get it right.

[Dat Mon]

"We have to make education a national movement."

I agree entirely.

But think about what you are suggesting....that a national movement has to step in CORRECT deficiencies in the market approach to education.

This my friend...is the essence of the debate on economics that is playing out in countless threads on this site.

Is the market supreme, always..in all cases?

Or do we have national priorities which must step in...as they did in World War II when the government 'suggested' that GM stop making cars and trucks and start making tanks?